by Robert A. Heinlein
Blert!
A cameo book, and not nearly enough of the title character. I suspect I missed some of the insider stuff, but I get the feeling this was almost a backlash against Lazarus Long. Will read a few interpretations or perhaps just wikipedia and then move on. Liked it, but didn't love it.
Here's one I probably shouldn't have revisited. The narrator was not particularly good, in my opinion. He tended to hold the last word of each sentence too long. And it was annoying, as if he was trying for portentous but only managed pretentious. Getting beyond that, despite my longstanding reveren...
Robert A. Heinlein is one of my go-to authors when I really want to nerd out to some Science Fiction. This book did not disappoint. It is set throughout different satellites, space stations, the moon, Earth, and even other dimensions. While it is doing all of the crazy space age sci-fi deliciousness...
One of Heinlein's last books, and not one of his best. It represents yet another installment in the "World As Myth" theme that he used so often later in life, and therefore includes many characters from his older, better works - including, inevitably, Lazarus Long, who continues his long (pun intend...
One of Heinlein's last books, and not one of his best. It represents yet another installment in the "World As Myth" theme that he used so often later in life, and therefore includes many characters from his older, better works - including, inevitably, Lazarus Long, who continues his long (pun intend...
This is such a Heinlein book. All "James Bond in Space" being cool with the ladies and the murders. I think it'll be a hoot.
This was Heinlein well past his prime, and well into his "dirty old man wrapping a vague plot around polyamorous Mary Sues" phase.
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